Around 10 million trees border Britain's rail network dropping thousands of tonnes of leaves onto tracks every autumn, landing the industry with an estimated seasonal bill of £345m.
The system being fitted by Northern to 16 passenger trains will combat slippery rails by spraying water onto themLeaves on the line disrupting train services promise to be a thing of the past for many more travellers with new technology being introduced by a major train operator.
Northern, which runs nearly 2,000 daily services, is fitting a system to 16 passenger trains which will combat slippery rails by spraying water onto them. The Water-Trak technology will be used on trains operating between Leeds, Harrogate and York, as well as between Sheffield, Doncaster, Hull and Scarborough.
Leaves cause widespread problems every autumn when they stick to damp rails and become compacted by train wheels.Speed restrictions are imposed in an attempt to reduce accidents such as theon 31 October last year which left 13 passengers and one driver needing hospital treatment. A South Western Railway train slipped on crushed leaves, causing it to slide past a stop signal and smash into the side of a Great Western Railway service.
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